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DEATH NOTICE

ANNEE. BAUMAN

On Tuesday,November10, 2020.Belovedwife

of the late JosephA. Baumanfor 66 years;

lovingmotherof DonnaBauman,LarryBau-

man,Carl (Brenda)Baumanand the late Patty

(Craig) Eichenlaub;grandmotherof Tim Bau-

man,Gary(Angie)Bauman,Jenn(mark)Jansen,

Stephanie(Justin)Kyle,Sam (David)Shelley,

Bryan Bauman,Matthew Eichenlaub and

Mychal Eichenlaub; great-grandmother of

LucasBauman,LandriaJansen,JoshuaJasen,

andJacobKyle; alsosurvivedby several

cousins,niecesandnephews.Due to the

ongoingpandemic,amasswill be heldat a

laterdateyet to be determinedand interment

will be heldprivately.Memorialcontributions

may be sent to the Maryland(MD)StateLibrary

for the Blindand PrintDisabledat 415 Park

Avenue,Baltimore,MD21201.

BAUMAN

IN MEMORIAM

DeaconessPOWELLSTEELE

“MAXINE”

11/22/36-12/16/19

GoneBut NeverForgotten

HerlovinghusbandDeaconLonnieSteele

and DaughterCynthiaSteele

STEELE

battleson theirbehalf,many of Tony’sclients

becamehis lifelongfriends.

In the courtroomTony wasat home.His

honest,straightforwardapproachendeared

him to judges,juries,and eventhe attorneys

he opposed.Whilehe was astaunchadvo-

catefor his clients,hewas alwaysaman of

integrity.Someof Tony’sgreatestadmirers

are thoseagainstwhomhe litigated.

To the attorneysat his firm,Tony wasa

mentor,aninspirationand afriend.Despite

his remarkableachievements,Tony’sdoor

was alwaysopen.He gavefreelyto others,

particularlyyoungerattorneys,his mostvalu-

ableasset;his time.Hepridedhimselfon

makingthosearoundhim betterpeople,not

just betterlawyers.

Tony wasan avidsportsfan whorooted

withgreatzealfor the SeattleSeahawks,

Universityof WashingtonFootball,Seattle

Mariners,SeattleStorm,and had plannedon

attendingthe futureSeattleKrakenhockey

games.Helovedto travelandcookwith

his wife,Deb.Tony was strikinglyhandsome,

charismatic,stylish,andcurrent.Yet, he

maintainedhis old-schooltraits of preferring

to pay withcash,andhe foundwaysto

circumventusingtechnologywhenpossible.

He was knownto enjoyagood old-fashioned

bourbondrinkandlovedhis datenights

withDeb at localneighborhoodrestaurants

aroundtown.

Tony will be rememberedas aman of great

wit and compassion,everlookingout for the

underdog,who lovedbothfriendsand family.

He is survivedby his lovingwifeDeborah

Alexander,his motherCarolShapiro,sons

NathanShapiroand SamShapiro(Meredith

Simons),grandsonWalter AnthonyShapiro,

whomhe gleefullyjust met,ex-wifeKaren

Sparks,alongwithsiblingsSteveGreenfogel

(Jane),ClaudiaTaskier(Paul), JamesShapiro

(CherylVitali),MilesShapiro(Jill Walker),as

wellas step-motherCarolynShapiro,and

step-childrenTrevorAlexanderand Hayley

Alexander.

Afestivecelebrationof life will be heldat

alaterdatewhenit is safeto gatherin

numbers.Weinviteyou to honorthe life

of Tony Shapiroby participatingin acandle

lightingceremonyin yourownhomeon

November22, 2020at 5p.m. PST.Through

this candlelightingceremonywe hopeto

lightup our respectivehomesas Tony lit up

our liveswithloveand inspiration.In lieu

of flowers,donationscan be madeto the

Brain TumorCenterat UCSF(Universityof

CaliforniaSan Francisco)[email protected]

or to the ACLU,

https://action.aclu.org/give/now.

ANTHONYDARROWSHAPIRO"Tony"

AnthonyDarrowShapiro"Tony"wasborn

December29, 1957in NewYork Cityto

Davidand CarolShapiro.Hepassedaway

afterabrave hard-foughtbattleagainstbrain

canceron November16, 2020in his home

on MercerIsland.He and his wife,Deborah

Alexander,were crazy abouteachotherand

theirlife togetherwas overflowingwithlove

and laughter.Hewas an amazingfatherand

rolemodelto his sons,Sam andNathan

Shapiro.

Tony wasraisedin WashingtonD.C. and

attendedhighschoolat St. Albans.Hewas

agraduateof ColgateUniversityand later,

GeorgetownLaw.Tony wasan attorneyof

notein the Seattleareawhobuilthis career

representingthe victimsof wrongfuldeath,

brain injury,and catastrophicpersonalinjury,

and supportinghis law firm’sclass actions

in antitrustand consumer-rightslaw.Early in

his career,heworkedas aprosecutorfor the

KingCountyProsecutingAttorney’sOffice

wherehe representedthe statein serious

felonycases.Hewas also afoundingpartner

at RohanGoldfarb&Shapiroand workedat

SchweppeKrug&Tausend.Tony wasalso

an instructorat the NationalInstituteof

Trial Advocacyand an adjunctprofessorat

the Universityof WashingtonSchoolof Law.

Tony’swork embodiedthe truemeaningof

justice.Hejoinedthe law firmof Hagens

BermanSobolShapiroin 2000afterworking

alongsidethe firm representingplaintiffsin

the ExxonValdezoil spill litigation.He was

recognizedby bothhis legaladversaries

and his colleaguesfor an earnestdriveand

dedicationto his craft, as wellas his inspi-

ration by caseshe foundmostchallenging

andmostnecessaryin the fightfor the

underdog.Tony foundgreatgratificationin

helpingindividualsduringtheirmostdifficult

times,and followingmanyrigorouslegal

SHAPIRO

General Tuttle’sextraordinaryservicewas

recognizedthroughnumerousmedalsand

awards,includingthe DefenseDistinguished

ServiceMedal,ArmyDistinguishedService

Medal(withtwoOakLeafClusters),Navy

and Air Force DistinguishedServiceMedals,

DefenseSuperiorandMeritoriousService

Medals,Legionof Merit,BronzeStar Medal

(withtwo Oak Leaf Clusters),ArmyMeritori-

ous ServiceMedaland CommendationMedal

(withOak LeafCluster).He also earnedthe

Air Medaland the GoldCrossof Honorof

the Federal Republicof Germany.Inaddition,

his hometownof Portsmouth,Virginiachose

him as one of its "Notables"in 1987.

Afterretiringfromthe Army,General Tuttle

continuedhis distinguishedserviceto the

Nationas one of the leadingexpertson global

militarylogisticsoperations.Hejoinedthe

LogisticsManagementInstitute(LMI),anot-

for-profitresearchand analysisorganization,

servingas Presidentand CEOfrom1993-

2002.He thenservedas aconsultantfor

the DefenseScienceBoard,alecturerat

the DefenseAcquisitionUniversity,Industrial

Collegeof the ArmedForces the ArmyLogis-

tics ManagementCollege,the Universityof

NorthCarolinaLOGTECHProgram and the

Universityof AlaskaAnchorage.Healso

servedas aDirectorand Chairmanof the

ProcurementRoundTable andamember

of several defenseand serviceorganization

boards.In2011, the Institutefor Defenseand

Business(IDB)in ChapelHill, NorthCarolina

establishedthe General WilliamG.T. Tuttle,

Jr.award,presentedannuallyto an IDB alum

who demonstrates the best returnon invest-

mentto his or her organizationby success-

fullyapplyingthe lessonslearnedin an IDB

educationprogram.General Tuttle shared

his expertisein the fieldof logisticsin his

book,DefenseLogisticsfor the 21st Century,

publishedin 2005.

General Tuttle was adedicatedand selfless

soldierwhoembodiedthe criticalmission

and high valuesof the U.S. ArmedForces,and

the importantrole the militaryplaysas part

of our societyin protectingand securingthe

peace.Hesharedhis perspectiveon these

issuesas partof the EvangelicalLutheran

Churchin America’sTask Force on Peace

in 1993and as one of the 15 formersenior

militaryleaderswhosigneda1996open

letterto PresidentClintonadvocatingthat

the U.S. supportan internationalbanon

antipersonnellandmines.

General Tuttle is survivedby his wifeHelen;

theirthreechildren,Lynn Hardyof Fairfax,

VA,Bob Tuttle (LeeAnnSchray) of Wash-

ington,DC,JonathanTuttle (LauraDenk)

of Alexandria,VA;and fourgrandchildren,:

MatthewHardyof Fairfax,VA,StephenHardy

(Kimberly)of Springfield,VA,Annie Tuttle and

Kate Tuttle of Alexandria,VA.

Afuneral serviceat ArlingtonNationalCeme-

tery will takeplaceat alater date.Inlieu of

flowers,the familyrequeststhatdonations

be madein GeneralTuttle’sname to theArmy

HistoricalFoundation(www.armyhistory.org)

for the NationalMuseumof the UnitedStates

Armyor to his church,Lordof Life Lutheran

Church(www.lordoflifeva.org)

WILLIAMG.T. TUTTLE,JR.“Bill”

GEN,U.S. Army(Ret.)

General Tuttle passedawayat homeon

November9, 2020.He livedalife devoted

to his familyandfriends,steadfastin his

faith,and dedicatedto servinghis country.

General Tuttle was bornNovember26, 1935

in Portsmouth,Virginiato WilliamG.T. Tuttle

and InezRitterTuttle.Hewas agraduate

of the UnitedStatesMilitaryAcademy,West

Pointin 1958,andreceivedaMastersin

BusinessAdministrationfromthe Harvard

BusinessSchoolin 1963.

GraduatingfromWest Pointin 1958as an

InfantryOfficer,General Tuttle beganhis

distinguishedArmycareeras aplatoon

leaderwiththe 82ndAirborneDivision,earn-

ing boththe SeniorParachutistBadgeand

the RangerTab. Afterjoining the newly

formedTransportationCorpsin 1961,his

careerincludedcombatzonetoursin Korea

and Vietnam;servingas an AssistantProfes-

sor of SocialSciencesat West Pointteaching

economicsand government,followedby an

assignmentat the SupremeHeadquarters

AlliedPowersEuropeas the Chiefof the

Policyand ProgramsBranch.He continued

his militaryeducationat the ArmedForces

StaffCollegein 1970and the U.S. ArmyWar

Collegein 1976.His commandtoursincluded

the 503dSupplyandTransportBattalion

and the DivisionSupportCommand,bothof

the 3rd ArmoredDivisionin Germany;the

EasternAreaof the MilitaryTrafficManage-

mentCommand,the U.S. ArmyOperational

Test and EvaluationAgencyand Command-

ing General of the U.S. ArmyLogisticsCenter

andFt. Lee Virginia.GenTuttle culminat-

ed his 34 yearcareeras the Commanding

General of the Army’sMaterialCommand

from 1989 to 1992,wherehe led 100,000

soldiersand civiliansduringcombatOpera-

tion Just Causein Panamaand Operations

DesertShieldand DesertStormin Southwest

Asia.As asoldierand aleader,General Tuttle

effectivelycombinedkindness,compassion,

humility,and concernfor his troopsand their

familieswithafirm commitmentto integrity,

professionalismand excellence.Heretired

fromthe Armyin 1992.

TUTTLE

DEATH NOTICE

WILLIAMROBERTCHOUINARD,JR.

"Bill"

Of Sterling,VA passedawayunexpectedly

on November1, 2020.He had leukemiaand

passedpeacefullywithhis wifeby his side,

aftersufferingaheartattack.Bill wasborn

in Lewiston,Maineon January5, 1952.After

32 yearsof serviceto the FAA, Bill retiredto

Sarasotawherehe enjoyedgolfing,spending

timeandtravelingwithfriendsandfamily.

Specificsregardingacelebrationhis life will

be providedby the familyoncearrangements

are finalized.Pleasevisithis Facebookpage

for full obituary,informationon servicesand

donationsin his honor.

CHOUINARD

SUZANNEL.AHLBERG

On Friday,November 13, 2020,Suzanne

Ahlbergof McLean,VA andEvanston,IL,

passedawaypeacefully.Belovedwifeof 56

yearstothelateJamesAhlberg,motherto

Jo Hendon(Kim)and ChrisAhlberg,and the

bestgrandmain the worldto ChrisHendon

(Anna)andNicholasHendon(Chelsea)and

greatgrandmato RileyKim.AChristianburial

servicewill be held privatelyin Arlington,VA on

SundayNovember22, 2020.Giftsin Suzanne’s

memorycan be madeto The AmericanHeart

Association,www.heart.org.

AHLBERG

DEATH NOTICE

BILLYR.CRAMER

USAF,CMSGT(Ret.)

BornJanuary12, 1934to Josephand Clara

Cramerin Chamois,MO, passedawayon

November18, 2020.Bill is survivedby his

wife,CaroleWolfandand by twosisters,

ShirleyBrackenand CarolWalling.Hehas

twodaughtersby apreviousmarriage,

LindaBurtonandTeresaCramer,and a

granddaughter,VeronicaCramer.Heispre-

deceasedby his granddaughterChristina

MariaLovisiand abrotherKennethCramer.

Bill graduatedfromChamoisHS in 1952and

enlistedin the Air Force.Heretiredin 1973

as aChief MasterSergeant.He obtaineda

BA degreein businessmanagementfrom

the Universityof Marylandandan MBA

degreefromGeorgeWashingtonUniversity.

He workedfor governorsKit Bondof Mis-

souriand DavidBorenof Oklahomaand

laterworkedat the WhiteHousefor five

presidentsin the Officeof Management

and BudgetdoingPolicyAnalysis.

Bill andCarolestartedthe ViennaPaint

and DecoratingCo.in1986 specializingin

BenjaminMoorePaint and expandedthe

companyto six locations.Activein his

community,Bill spentafour-year,governor-

appointedtermon the VirginiaBoardof

Gameand InlandFisheries.Bill also chaired

the FairfaxCountyRedevelopmentand

HousingAuthorityandservedon both

boardsof the HunterValley Association

and the HunterMill DefenseLeague.

Bill and his contagioussmilewill be missed

by his familyand friends.Burialwithfull

militaryhonorswill be at ArlingtonNational

Cemeteryat alater date.

Onlinecondolencesandfondmemories

maybeofferedat

http://www.moneyandking.com

CRAMER

workedfor the Stateof Delawaremanaging

theirwaterlab.

He joinedaprivatefirm,EdwardHRichard-

son,and managedtheirenvironmentallab-

oratory.Usinghis savings,heopenedhis

ownG&BEnvironmentalfirmin NewCastle,

Delaware.After aheart attackin 1991,he

relocatedthe businessto Dover.When his

son,Pk, joinedhis businesshim,he opened

abranch officein Maryland.He helpedto

createtwo newcompaniesin eachof his

son’snamesandtransferedhis business

dutiesto bothof them.He workedfrom

bothofficesin Marylandand Dover.During

socialdistancingtimes,hewas workingfrom

home.

By professionhe wasacivil engineerand

becamean environmentalengineer.His pro-

fessionalcertificationsincluded P.E. (Pro-

fessionalEngineer),PMP,and AAEE.He

belongedto manyorganizationsand served

on manycommittees.Hewas aformerdirec-

tor of First Liberty/WashingtonFirst Bank.

Educationwashis hobby.And he would

alwaysencourage othersto pursueeduca-

tion and to makethe effortto do theirbest.

He was very supportiveof familyand friends.

He neverstoppedlearning;earningan MBA

fromWilmingtonUniversitylaterin life.

His passionsincluded watching cricket

(includinglive stadiummatches),pingpong,

all kindsof sportsincludingthe DallasCow-

boys,travelling,personalfinance,politics,

takingtripsto Indiaand eatingtypicalindian

food,and meetingpeople.

He touchedmanylives.Hehelpedpeople

and caredfor them.He treatedmanyof his

friend’schildrenas if they werehis own.

He had asmile that wouldlight up aroom.

In lieu of flowers,the familyhas requested

donationsto the AmericanHeartAssocia-

tion.

Funeral Serviceswereheld atTorbertFuneral

Chapelin Dover,Delawareand his bodywas

crematedon November5, 2020.

Dr.KAILASHC. GOEL,PE, PMP

KailashCGoel (KC),age83, of Dover,

Delaware,passedawayon November2,

2020 at Kent General Hospital.He had been

hospitalizedfor two weekspriorto his death

due to heartfailure.

He leaveshis wifeof 58 years,Asha Goel;

his son Prabodh(Pk/Atul)and wifeDorcas

and theirchildren,Meganand Peter.Healso

leaveshis son Piyush(PJ),andwifeKelli,

andtheirchildren,Natalie,Roman,Lilah,

and Luke.Healso leavesbehindhis three

brothersand threesistersand theirspouses,

and grandchildren.And manyfamilyrelatives

and friendsin bothIndiaand the US.Hewas

alovinghusband,father,grandfather,uncle,

brother,cousin,relative,and friend.

At ayoungage,the familymovedfrom

Rajasthanto Bihar.

He completedhis educationin Indiawith

degreesfromBanaras HinduUniversityand

RoorkeeUniversity(bothare nowpartof

the IndianInstituteof TechnologyIIT). He

immigratedto the USA in (1964)and earned

his doctorate (PhD)fromOklahomaState

UniversityiIn EnvironmentalEngineering.

He thenmovedto Delawarewherehe

GOEL

fromClintonJuniorCollegein 1995and

awardedan honorary doctorate fromhis

AlmaMater,Hood TheologicalSeminaryfor

MeritoriousServicesin 2005. He served

as aPastorin the AMEZionChurchfor 28

years.The hallmarkof his pastoral ministry

was“productivityand growthin the spirit

of excellence.” He servedas the Pastor of

ShawTempleAMEZionChurchfrom1992-

2004.His innovative,creative,and thoughtful

leadershipof the churchresultedin an

increaseof morethan1,400newmembers.

He waselevatedto the episcopacyby the

47thQuadrennialSessionof the African

MethodistEpiscopalZionChurchGeneral

Conferencein Greensboro,NCand was con-

secratedon August3, 2004,as the 93rd

prelatein the line of succession,afterserving

in the travelingministrysince1975.Bishop

Hunterpeacefullyenteredhis eternalrest on

November4, 2020.Thoseleft to celebrate his

life and cherishhis memoryare his beloved

wifeof 35 years,IngridFlackHunter,three

sons,LouisHunter,Jr.,ofNorthCarolina,

RodneyHunter,(Linda)of Washington,DC,

Kenya Hunter,(Johncie)of Indiana; grand-

children:Tamieka,Jasmine,Janae,Jaylin,

Jordan,Kendall,and Tyler;great-grandchil-

dren,Malik,Madsonand MarleeZoe,sib-

lings,LovellHunterGibsonof Kannapolis,

NC,VerniceHunterof Kannapolis,NCand

GaynelleHunterPropst(Bobby)of Salisbury,

NC; belovedsister-in-lawRobertaFlackof

NewYork; ahost of nieces,nephews,god-

children,26 sonsand daughtersin the min-

istry,and manybelovedrelativesand friends.

Serviceswill be heldon Friday,November

27 from11 a.m.to 1p.m, in Smyrna,GA,

https://shawtemple.org and Sunday,Novem-

ber 29, from3to5p.m. in Charlotte,NC,

at http://longandsonmortuary.com/service-

announcements/louis-huntersr/1072/.

BISHOPLOUISHUNTER,SR.

BishopLouisHunterSr.was bornon Febru-

ary 21, 1945.He wasprecededin death

by his parents,brotherRobertLee Hunter,

sisterRoxieMaeHunterand firstwife,of

l7 years,DeloriceAnn BlackHunter.Bishop

Hunterservedin the VietnamWarwith

the 101stAirborneand wasdecorated

and honorably discharged in 1967.

BishopHunterreceivedhis earlyspiritual

foundationat BethpagePresbyterianChurch

in Kannapolis,NC. He wasordainedas an

Elderof the AMEZionChurchin 1976,

receivedaBachelorof Theologydegreefrom

HoodTheologicalSeminary,aMaster’sof

ArtsdegreefromHowardUniversity-School

of Communicationsin Theoryand Rhetoric,

and aMaster’sofDivinitydegreefromHood

TheologicalSeminary.BishopHunterwas

honoredwithaDoctorof Divinitydegree

HUNTER

his bachelor’sdegreefromCentral Michigan

Universityin 1957wherehe alsoservedin

the ReserveOfficerTrainingCorps.During

his militaryservicehe spentsix yearsin

Germanyand two toursin Vietnam,receiving

many military accoladesincluding two

Legionof Meritsand aBronzeStar.While

in the military,HaroldreceivedaMasterof

BusinessAdministrationdegreefromMichi-

gan StateUniversity,and alsoattendedthe

NavalWarCollege,and the IndustrialCollege

of the ArmedForces.Haroldwenton to

servearoundthe worldfor overtwenty-

six yearsin the U.S. Army’sSignalCorp,

retiringin 1985,as aColonel. Following

his militarycareer,hecontinuedto support

the US militaryas an avionicscontractor

for anothertwenty-sevenyears.In2018,

he wasinductedinto the Central Michigan

UniversityROTC Hall of Fame.

Haroldmarriedthe loveof his life,Anne

RobertaTroth andwasadevotedfather

to his threechildren:StephenScottPatrick

(Cathy),MarkDavidPatrickandKimberly

AnnePatrick.He was also the proudgrand-

fatherof SusanIrenePatrickand Michael

StephenPatrick.

Haroldneverforgothis originsin Mancelona,

MI. In 2006,he establishedthe Col. Harold

L. Patrick Endowment Scholarship for

MancelonaHighSchoolstudentsto receive

financialaid to attendCentral MichiganUni-

versity.

Haroldwasprecededin deathby Patricia

Patrick,Gerald Patrick,and KathrynPatrick

Altrock(Nick)and is survivedby his former

wife,AnnePatrick,children,grandchildren

and siblingsJudyPatrickPayne,Alice Patrick

Osborne(Mike);Helen Patrick Newman

(Skip);SusanMathes,RichardPatrick;and

JimmyPatrick (Sheila).

Haroldwill be internedat ArlingtonNational

Cemetery,datesandarrangementsto be

announcedwhenavailable.Inlieu of flowers,

the familyrequestsdonationsin his nameto

Alzheimer’sAssociation.

HAROLDLEROYPATRICK

September26, 1935–November19, 2020

On November19, 2020,HaroldLeroyPatrick,

85, peacefullypassedawayat The Kensing-

ton assistedlivingfacilityin Falls Church,

Virginiafromcomplicationsof Alzheimer’s

disease.

Haroldwasmanythingsto manypeople.

His familynicknamewas "Hod”,but friends

referredto him as “Pat”. Haroldhad aquiet,

yet warmpersonalitywithaquickwit and

fun senseof humor.Hewas avoracious

reader,aseasonedathlete,anavid bow

hunterand in his youthwas an extraordinary

cherrypicker.Hewas alife-longlearner

and astrongbelieverin valueof education,

advocatingthateverypersonwasentitled

to one.Helovedpoetryand wasaproud

lifelongpatriot,servinghis countryfor many

years.

Haroldwas bornin 1935to CurtisO. and H.

Irene(Martin)in Mancelona,Michigan.As the

eldestof ten childrenhe spenthis childhood

helpingto raise his youngersiblings.He

graduatedfromMancelona HighSchool,

homeof the Ironmen,and wenton to get

PATRICK

DEATH NOTICE

RICHARDR. FORD,JR.

RichardR. Ford, Jr., 81, aU.S.PostalService

retiree,passedawaysuddenlyon November

10, 2020.Bornin Washington,DC on April10,

1939 to the late RichardR. Ford, Sr.and the

late PhyllisW. (Robinson)Ford, mostof his life's

treasuredmilestonesoccurredin Southeast,

DC.Heplayedthe clarinetas aproudmember

of the SpingarnHighSchoolBandand after

graduatingin 1957attendedHowardUniversity

beforeembarkingon alifetimecareeras a

postalworker.After retiring,he maintaineda

part-timejob withHertzRentalCar for overa

decade.

Mr.Ford leavesbehindhis son DouglasFord

(Brenda);sisterConstance(Connie)L. Ford;

brother-friendHudieFleming,nephewsTony,

Robert(Toyia),and MichaelLyda; one great-

nieceand five great-nephews;and four-great-

greatnephews.Hewas precededin deathby

siblingsRonaldC.Ford(17)andElaineP.(Ford)

Lyda (64).

ACelebrationof Life will be heldon Saturday,

November28, 2020at the Marshall-March

Funeral Home,4308 SuitlandRoad.,Suitland

MD 20746.A10a.m. viewingwill be followed

by an 11a.m.service.Inlieu of flowers,dona-

tionsto acharityof yourchoiceis requestedin

memoryof Mr.Ford'slife.

FORD

DEATH NOTICE

CHARLESH. MAGEE,JR.

CharlesH. Magee,Jr.,90, of Spotsylvania

passedawaypeacefullyon Tuesday,November

17, 2020at MaryWashingtonHospitalin Fred-

ericksburgwith familyby his side.

Followinghis servicein the US Army,healmost

simultaneouslystartedafamilywithhis wife

Jeanand beganan almosthalf-centurycareer

with the telephonecompany,retiringin 1998.

WhileJean,his wife of 59 years,precededhim

in deathby nineyears,heissurvivedby their

fourchildren;fourgrandchildren;andthree

great-grandchildren.

Aservicewill be heldat 1p.m. on Wednesday,

November25 at CovenantFuneral Service,

Fredericksburg.The familywill receivefriends

one hourpriorto serviceat the funeral home.

Intermentwillbe heldat alaterdatein

QuanticoNationalCemetery.

PleasevisitCovenantFuneral Serviceweb

site (www.covenantfuneralservice.com)for a

morein-depthobituary/biography,scheduled

services,topost atributeto the deceased,to

expressany wordsof comfortto the family,

and to viewthe servicelive.

MAGEE

DEATH NOTICE

Dr.RICHARDGARYMELTZER

Dr.Richard Gary Meltzer,of

Potomac,MD, belovedhusband,

father,grandfather,uncle,friend

anddentist,passedawayon

Wednesday,November18, 2020

at the age of 71. He wasthe

belovedhusbandof 48 years

to his wifeHelene.Richardwas the devot-

ed fatherof Kimberly(Evan)Weismanof

BethesdaandJason (Fara) Meltzerof

Potomac;cherishedgrandfather,"Gramps,"

of Natalieand JocelynWeisman,and Dylan,

Arianaand LandonMeltzer;lovingbrother

of Steve(Harriet)and the late David(Sher-

ry).

Richard,alsoknownas "Dick,"bornon

May24, 1949,wasthe middleof three

sonsof Ruthand SeymourMeltzer.Richard

livedin Rochester,New York untilhe was

twelveyearsold and thenmovedwithhis

familyto the Washington,DC area.Richard

graduatedfromthe Universityof Maryland

and GeorgetownDentalSchool,withares-

idencyat ProvidenceHospital.He ranhis

privatedentalpracticein AspenHill for the

past40 years,providingcareto thousands

of patientsand makingtheirlivesbetter.

He was knownas the "singingdentist,"for

his beautifulvoice,and was also renowned

for his caringmannerand painlessproce-

dures.Hewas apioneerin IV sedation

in the dentaloffice,servedin professional

associationssuchas AlphaOmegaDental

Fraternity,the MarylandBoardof Dental

Examiners,asaDiplomateof The American

Collegeof ForensicDentistry,and he was

the volunteerDentalDirectorof the dental

clinicsat The HebrewHome.Hewas award-

ed Fellowshipin the AmericanCollegeof

Dentists,arecognitionbestowedon only

3% of dentistsin the country.Hewas also a

memberof the EthicsCommitteeof South-

ern MarylandDentalSocietyand the Mary-

land StateDentalLegislativeCommittee.He

helpedwritethe lawsfor sedationdentistry

in Marylandand DC.Hewas an avid golfer

and enjoyedspendingtimeat the beach

and travel with his family.

Funeral serviceswill be heldprivately.In

lieu of flowers,memorialcontributionsmay

be madeto the charityof yourchoice.

Servicesentrustedto SagelBloomfieldDan-

zanskyGoldbergFuneral Care.

http://www.sagelbloomfield.com

MELTZER

JOHNHENRYMIDDLETON (Age96)

"Muttie",of Leesburg,VA,depart-

ed this life on November16, 2020

at the homeof his daughter.He

was bornin Waterford,VA on Octo-

ber 4, 1924to LouiseBaileyand

PatrickMiddleton.He was educat-

ed in the LoudounCountyPublic

Schools.Heattendedthe WaterfordElemen-

tarySchool,priorto enteringDouglassHigh

in Leesburg.Hewas an outstandingathlete,

excellingin basketballand baseball.Aftergrad-

uatingfromDouglassHighhe enlistedin the

UnitedStatesArmyand servedin the Pacific

Theatrein World WarII. He was an amphibious

truckdriver.Hewas honorably dischargedfrom

the Armyin 1946.Johnleavesto mournhis

wife,Margaret;daughter,WinifredThornton

(James)of Leesburg,VA;son, MichaelL. Mid-

dletonof Leesburg,VA;grandchildren,Crys-

tal Lange(Ben)of Knightdale,NC; Muthoka

Nelsonof Martinsburg,WV;great-grandchil-

dren,Carsten,Zoe,Soren,and Gabrieof Knight-

dale,NC. He alsoleavesto mournadevoted

goddaughter,Pauletta Harrison(Steve) of

Knoxville,TNand manyfriendshipsin the

LoudounCountycommunity.John Middleton

sharedmanygifts.Hewill be greatlymissed

and alwaysremembered.Agravesidecelebra-

tion of his life was held on Saturday,November

21 at Mt. ZionCommunityCemetery,200 Old

WaterfordRd., NW,Leesburg,VA.Due to the

currentCOVID19 restrictions,the familywill

be complyingwithsocialdistancingand no

morethan25 peoplein attendance.Inlieu of

flowers,donationsmay be madein his nameto

LoudounDouglassAlumniAssociationor MLK

Committeeor LoudounBranchof the NAACP.

Arrangementsby Lyles Funeral Service,Serv-

ing NorthernVirginia,Eric S. Lyles,Director,Lic.

VA/DC/MD.1-800-388-1913.

MIDDLETON

DEATH NOTICE

ELSONODOMS,JR. "Tony"

Peacefullyon Sunday,Novem-

ber 15, 2020,Tony,went home

to be withthe Lord.He was the

belovedson of GloriaOdoms

and the late NelsonOdoms,Sr.;

devotedcousinof Paula (Willie)

Kinard.He is alsosurvivedby

ahost of otherrelativesand

friends.Visitationon Monday,November23,

from10 a.m.untiltimeof service11 a.m.at

Briscoe-TonicFuneral Home,2294 Old Wash-

ingtonRoad,Waldorf,MD. Intermentat Trinity

MemorialGardens.

http://www.briscoe-tonicfuneralhome.com

ODOMS

SAMUELDEWITTSPEED,JR.

On Veteran’sDay,(November11, 2020),U.S.

ArmyAir Corpsveteran SamuelDewittSpeed,

Jr.(97) of Washington,D.C. passedawayduring

the eleventhhour.His wifeof 65 years

peacefullypassedexactlytwo weeksprior.He

is survivedby his daughtersStephanieSpeed-

Shokesof California),CarolAnnSmith,Esq.,

and TeresaRuffin;sons-in-lawLeslieShokes,

M.D.ofCaliforniaand JamesRuffin,Esq.;and

grandchildrenAlyciaSmith,LorenShokes,Esq.

of NewYork, BryanSmith,YasminShokesof

California,and JaydenRuffin.Althoughbornin

Shreveport,LA, Samuelwasraisedand lived

in Fort Worth, TX untilhe wascalledto duty.

He servedin World WarIIand the Korean

Warand wasawardedthe EAMECampaign

Medalwith1BronzeStar.After completinghis

militaryservice,Samuelmovedto Washington,

D.C. wherehe workedas aU.S.Customs

Supervisorfor the PostalServicefor over 20

years.Alifelongloverof Big BandJazz and

history,Samuelalsoenjoyedplayinggames

and connectingwithfriendsand familyon his

computer.His vivaciousspiritand contagious

laughterwill be missedby all whoknewhim

as we bid “farewellole partna.”Hewill be

interredat ArlingtonNationalCemeteryat a

laterdate.

http://www.mcguire-services.com

SPEED

MARIEPIPERSTUART

"Frances"(Age83)

Of Frederick,Maryland,passedawayat her

homeon November16, 2020.

She was bornin Washington,DC February26,

1937,and was the daughterof MarieF. Piper

(Wentz)and HerbertErnstWilhelmPiper.

FrancesgraduatedfromMontgomeryBlair

HighSchool.Sheworkedas aPurchasing

Agentfor the WashingtonStar Newspaperuntil

the paperclosedin 1981.Francesthentook

apositionas an AdministrativeAssistantwith

MarriottCorporation.

Francesspenther childhoodin Washington

DC and graduatedhighschoolat Montgomery

Blairin SilverSpring,MD.Francesmarried

her husband,WilliamG. Stuartin 1956.They

retiredand movedto Frederickin 2000.She

lovedpeopleand animalsand volunteeredat

the FrederickCountyHumaneSociety.

Francesis the lovingwifeof WilliamG. Stuart,

marriedon November24, 1956in Washington

DC,dear motherof JohnStuartand Lisa Stuart,

cherishedgrandmotherof Kylie Stuart,beloved

sisterof Ron Piper(Dallas,TX).

Family will receivefriendsat Keeney&Basford

Funeral Home,PA, 106 E. ChurchStreeton

Monday,November23, 2020from12 Noon

until2p.m. In lieu of flowers,MemorialCon-

tributionsmaybe madeto FrederickCounty

HumaneSociety,550 HighlandStreet,Ste 200,

Frederick,MD 21701.Due to COVID-19restric-

tions,face coveringsand socialdistancingwill

be required.www.keeneybasford.com

She was akind and gratefulpersonand will be

greatlymissed.

STUART

DEATH NOTICE

WALDAL.TAYLOR (Age84)

Of Rockville,MD, died November16, 2020after

aprotractedbattlewith lung cancer.

Walda was bornApril1, 1936in Mechanicsville,

NewYork. Sheandher husband,DonaldF.

Taylor,retiredin Sarasotain 1994wherethey

residedfor 24 years.

Walda is survivedby her four children,Michael

E. Taylor (Donna)of Frederick,MD,CynthiaT.

Hutchinson(Sydney)of Bethesda,MD,Mark

F. Taylor (Karen)of Benton,ME, and Paul D.

Taylor (Michelle)of Thurmont,MD.She is also

survivedby six grandchildren,Cora, Nicholas,

William,Bailey,Alex,Christopher,and one

greatgrandson,Theodore.

Walda requestedto be cremated.Aservicefor

familymemberswill be heldon November 30

at SaintMary’sCatholicChurchin Rockville,

MD.Memorialgifts may be madeto the Ameri-

can LungAssociation(lung.org).

TAYLOR